About the Authors

James S. McCarthy

J.McCarthy@uq.edu.au

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Joanne Marjason

Affiliation Q-Pharm Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

Suzanne Elliott

Affiliation Q-Pharm Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

Paul Fahey

Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gilles Bang

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Elissa Malkin

Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Eveline Tierney

Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hayley Aked-Hurditch

Affiliation Q-Pharm Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

Christopher Adda

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Nadia Cross

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Jack S. Richards

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Freya J. I. Fowkes

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Michelle J. Boyle

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Carole Long

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pierre Druilhe

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

James G. Beeson

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Robin F. Anders

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

PF, EM and ET were employees of the trial funder PATH-MVI at the time that the trial was undertaken. Authors JM, SE and HAH are employed by a commercial company, Q-Pharm Pty Ltd. These conflicts do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMC RFA JB CL PD ET. Performed the experiments: JMC RFA CA JM HAH GB NC JSR FJIF MJB CL PB JGB. Analyzed the data: JMC RFA FJIF MJB CL PD JGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RFA PF CA NC JSR FJIF MJB CL PD JGB. Wrote the paper: JMC RFA JGB. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript.